(CercleFinance.com) – Airbus UpNext has launched a new demonstrator program to explore, on the ground and in flight, a new architecture for generating non-propulsive energy using hydrogen fuel cells.
With this new technology demonstrator, piloted from its facilities in Spain, Airbus UpNext will replace the current APU (Auxiliary Power Unit, a small additional engine that runs on traditional jet fuel) of an A330 with a hydrogen fuel cell system that will produce electricity.
Called HyPower, the hydrogen fuel cell demonstrator also aims to reduce CO2, nitrogen oxide (NOx) emissions and noise levels associated with a traditional APU.
“These tests will mark another step in our decarbonization journey and our ZEROe program through an ambitious flight demonstration that will take off by the end of 2025,” said Michael Augello, CEO of Airbus UpNext.
“We will demonstrate this system under realistic conditions, climbing to 25,000 feet and flying for an hour with 10 kg of hydrogen gas on board. ‘
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